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14 Examples Of Innovation In Higher Education

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.” Competency-Based Education isn’t necessarily an innovation, but a move to Competency-Based Education can lead to other innovations–using technology to personalize a student’s navigation of to-be-mastered content, for example. That’s good. Video, of course, enables other innovations. An example?

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) Are any education technologies, for that matter? It’s not even an LMS, quite frankly – something Edmodo tried to use as a selling point for a little while. They’re amazing.

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Theories for the digital age: Self regulated learning

Learning with 'e's

One challenge for education providers is to decide whether they will support the desire of students to self regulate their learning activities using personal technologies. Moreover, there is a sense that personal technologies encourage learners to be self-determined in their approach to education. 2000) Informal Workplace Learning.

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Future Trends Forum #8, with Jim Groom: full recording, notes, and Storify

Bryan Alexander

Jim described it as a way to think through technology in order to empower the educational community beyond tech skills and training. But other departments already provide the backbone (internet connectivity, access to hardware, etc) and can afford – even desire – to let Domain projects go on. THE DOMAIN OF ONE’S OWN.

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Future Trends Forum #8, with Jim Groom: full recording, notes, and Storify

Bryan Alexander

Jim described it as a way to think through technology in order to empower the educational community beyond tech skills and training. But other departments already provide the backbone (internet connectivity, access to hardware, etc) and can afford – even desire – to let Domain projects go on. THE DOMAIN OF ONE’S OWN.

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The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Issue a Press Release

Hack Education

I pick ten trends and themes in order to closely at the recent past, the near-term history of education technology. Of course, if you look for those education technology writers who are independent from venture capital, corporate or institutional backing, or philanthropic funding, there is pretty much only me.).

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For Students, the Convenience of Smartphones ‘Comes at a Steep Price’

Edsurge

This article is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology. EdSurge : What technology has been the most disappointing? Ted Dintersmith : There was a massive gush of enthusiasm for MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses), with some conviction it would revolutionize higher education.